The history of the star: Tejat Posterior

from p.236 of
Star Names, Richard Hinckley Allen, 1889.[A scanned copy can
be viewed on this
webpage]

Mu (μ) Gemini,
Tejat Posterior, is a double star, 3.2 and 11, crocus yellow and
blue, in the right heel of the northern Twin, Castor,
in the constellation of the Twins.

It occasionally has been known as Tejat posterior, and
sometimes as Nuhatai, from the manzil (Arabic Moon Mansion)
of that title of which it formed a part.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia apply to it the
Pish Pai seen for eta (η Propus), yet
appropriate enough for this similarly situated star; but in Flamsteed's edition
of the 16th century Danish astronomer Tycho's catalogue we distinctly read of it,
dictaCalx, the Heel (Latin dictaCalx,
the "Heel", the rounded part of the heel).

This star marked the 9th ecliptic constellation of Babylonia as
Arku-sha-pu-u-mash-mashu, the Back of the Mouth of the Twins.

In Babylonia gamma (Alhena),
eta (Propus), mu (this star Tejat Posterior),
nu, and xi (Alzirr), all in the Milky Way, may have been
the Babylonian lunar mansion Khigalla, the "Canal", and the equivalent
Persian Rakhvad, the Sogdian Ghathaf, and the
Khorasmian Gawthaf (Star Names,
p.234.).

Listed under Dirah "Seed" or "Branch" in Robson's book,
Fixed stars and Constellations; and adds; "Symbolically called the Abused
or Beaten One". [Robson*, p.163.]

The Lunar Mansions

Tejat Posterior, mu
Gemini, was included in
the Arabic 4th manzil, Al Han'ah, "The brand-mark".
Al Han'ah, the 4th manzil (Arabic Moon Mansion), comprised
of; gamma (γ Alhena), mu (μ this star Tejat Posterior),
nu (ν), eta (η Propus), and xi (ξ
Alzirr), in the feet of the Twins. This word,
Al Han'ah, usually translated a Brand, or Mark, on the right side of a
camel's, or horse's, neck, was defined by the Persian astronomer Al Biruni (973-1048
A.D.) as Winding, as though the stars of this station were winding around each other,
or curving from the central star; and they were Al Nuhatai, the
dual form of Al Nuhat, a Camel's Hump, itself a curved line. Some Arabic authority
found in them, with chi (χ)1 and chi (χ)2 of Orion, the
Bow with which the Hunter (Orion)
is shooting at the Lion (Arabs had an enormous Lion, their early Asad, extending
over a third of the heavens). [p.234
of Star Names]

Influences of the 4th Arabic Moon Mansion Al Hanah:
Favorable for hunting, besieging towns, and the revenge of princes, destroys harvests
and fruits, and hinders the operation of the physician. [Robson*,
p.71].

With Moon transiting here: plough, sow, but do not travel. [Robson*,
p.71].

The astrological influences of the constellation Gemini

Legend: The constellation represents
Castor and Pollux, the twin
sons of Leda and Jupiter. It has also been suggested that it may represent Apollo
and Hercules. [Robson*, p.45.]

Influences: Ptolemy makes the
following observations; the stars in the feet of
Gemini have an influence
similar to that of Mercury, and moderately to that of Venus; the bright stars in
the thighs are like Saturn. It is said to cause trouble and disgrace, sickness,
loss of fortune, affliction and danger to the knees. By the Cabalists it is associated
with the Hebrew letter Qoph and the 19th Tarot Trump, The Sun". [Robson*,
p.46.]

The astrological influences of the constellation
Gemini given by Manilius:

"The arms to shoulders joined are accounted to the Twins"
[Manilius, p.119.]

"From the Twins come less laborious callings and a more agreeable
way of life, provided by varied song and voices of harmonious tone, slender pipes,
the melodies inborn in strings and the words fitted thereto: those so endowed find
even work a pleasure. They would banish the arms of war, the trumpet's call, and
the gloom of old age: theirs is a life of ease and unfading youth spent in the arms
of love. They also discover paths to the skies, complete a survey of the heavens
with numbers and measurements, and outstrip the flight of the stars: nature yields
to their genius, which it serves in all things. So many are the accomplishments
of which the Twins are fruitful." [Manilius,
Astronomica, 1st century AD. p.281.]

The astrological influences of the star Tejat Posterior

Listed under Dirah "Seed" or "Branch" in Robson's book,
Fixed stars and Constellations; "Symbolically called the Abused or Beaten
One". [Robson*, p.163.]

Of the nature of Mercury and Venus. It gives force, energy,
power and protection. [Robson*, p.163.]

The ability to express ideas in reasonable and acceptable
ways which win, because of their manifest intelligence. Al Hena with Tegat Posterior
and Propus (Tegat Prior) entered Cancer 1349, 1621 and 1755 AD respectively. Each
of these dates, within a year or two, was significant in the rise of European thought
and literature from the Renaissance onwards. [The
Living Stars, Dr. Eric Morse, p.45.].